I did look at the Iliad but it’s WAY too expensive. For the cost of it, I COULD get a tabletpc.

Sony doesn’t seem too interested in supporting their reader, either. They’re shifting more attention to the various game systems and mp3 players. Probably because “who reads books any more”.

I use Adobe Reader on the home computers, and I mostly use the notebook to read ebooks when I’m home (because for me reading often requires taking up the whole sofa and sitting at a desk is just not the same thing).

I don’t know anything at all about tabletpcs.

I’ve seen the iliad and I’ve seen the Sony. To be honest, I don’t care for the form factor or display on either. Both remind me of a first generation Philips Nino or CLIE. If you’re going to get something the size and weight of a tablet, you might as well get a tabletpc. (New run over $1200, eBay has used for $400+).

If something came out the size and weight of a paperback but with vibrant color screen, I’d probably get it. If Apple came out with a widescreen, multitouch iPod that also read eBooks, I think it would be heaven.

I doubt Apple would do that, though. I’ve talked with Sony about porting eBooks to the PSP. I got emails back from developers and engineers that it wasn’t in their business model or interest. I suspect Apple would rather focus on music, videos, and iPhone widgets.

check the iliad from Irex Technologies, even though it’s about double what the Sony is, you can write and draw on tablet. it’s also more stand alone, having wireless builtin and with the hub it has a 10/100 ethernet connection.

Just be warned on the Sony reader, if you use a non .lrf file, it’s going to take longer for the Sony reader to format and the .pdf files are heck on text size, since most .pdf files aren’t usually formated for use with the Sony reader. (on some .pdf files, I just extracted the text and reformated to .rtf or something else.)